Lithophyllum lichenoides f. antarcticum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Me.Lemoine 1911

Publication Details
Lithophyllum lichenoides f. antarcticum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Me.Lemoine 1911: 131 (as 'antarctica')

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Carlskottsbergia antarctica (Hooker f. & Harvey) Athanasiadis.

Basionym
Melobesia verrucata var. antarctica Hooker f. & Harvey

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Hab. Var. ß. Herrnite Island, Cape Horn ; the Falkland Islands, and Kerguelen's Land; encrusting shells, and the sterns of Algae, particularly of Ballia Brunonis."; (Harvey & Hooker 1847: 482) Lectotype: J.D. Hooker; BM; unnumbered (Wilks & Woelkerling 1995: 560) Notes: Lectotype locality: Hermite Island (Cape Horn). Designated by May & Woelkerling (1988: 68).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), like a lichen.

Created: 27 March 2009 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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